Lifeguards Rescue 8-Foot Dolphin Beached in San Pedro

By Asher Klein •Published December 13, 2014•Updated on December 13, 2014 at 11:15 pm

Courtesy Los Angeles County Fire Department Lifeguards

A dolphin is in stable condition at SeaWorld after it was rescued Saturday morning by Los Angeles County Fire Department lifeguards, the department said.

A roughly 8-foot adult Risso's dolphin was seen on San Pedro's rocky Royal Palms Beach by passersby and members of the county's Beaches and Harbors department just after 7 a.m., the firefighters wrote on Facebook.

Two lifeguards poured water over the dolphin to keep it alive, according to the post. The lifeguards, a marine animal rescuer and three members of the public carried the stranded dolphin off the beach to a vehicle that would take it to the Marine Mammal Care Center at Fort MacArthur.